[AISWorld] EM CfP "FinTech and the transformation of the financial industry"

[Electronic Markets]

- Apologies for cross-postings - 

Dear colleagues,

We would like to draw your attention to our call for papers for the special
issue on "FinTech and the transformation of the financial industry". 

The submission deadline is November 20, 2016. The detailed CfP is copied
below.
                               
Please feel free to forward this email to interested colleagues. If
questions arise regarding the submission deadline or potential topics,
please contact the editorial office [editors at electronicmarkets.org].

With best regards,
Carsta Militzer-Horstmann

Executive Editor
Electronic Markets - The International Journal on Networked Business

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Electronic Markets - The International Journal on Networked Business

Call for Papers for Special Issue on 

"FinTech and the transformation of the financial industry"
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Guest Editors
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- Rainer Alt (Leipzig University, Germany), rainer.alt at uni-leipzig.de
- Roman Beck (IT University of Copenhagen, Denmark), romb at itu.dk
- Martin Smits (Tilburg University, Netherlands), m.t.smits at uvt.nl

Theme
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The financial industry has always been a pioneer in using corporate
information systems, inter-organizational networks, and electronic markets.
Electronic exchanges have replaced physical trading floors, and the
increased use of (standardized) application systems has spurred the
transformation of financial value chains towards more specialization and
diversification. The most recent development in the financial industry is
"Financial Technology" (FinTech). FinTech comprises a broad variety of
innovative solutions and new business models enabled by information
technology. Examples are solutions for customer interactions (e.g. personal
finance management), for payments (e.g. payments based on Blockchain
technology), and for funding and lending (e.g. crowdsourcing/-funding) and
insuring (e.g. usage-based insurance). The FinTech phenomenon has the
potential for triggering the next transformation of financial value chains.
Incumbents and new (start-up) businesses have allocated substantial funding
and attention to the implications of FinTech. 

Central topics
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The special issue on "FinTech" of Electronic Markets (EM) aims to attract
research that advances the understanding of FinTech and its impact on the
financial industry. Along the scope of the journal the impact of technology
in linking financial service providers, customers and suppliers on business
models, processes and system architectures are of particular interest. This
also comprises electronic platforms, such as app-stores, comparison or
crowdsourcing sites, which may be conceived as electronic markets. This
special issue aims to gather innovative research papers in this area, which
might address the following topics:
- Analyses of FinTech market(s)
- Interoperability of FinTech solutions
- Case studies of FinTech solutions
- Integration of FinTech with traditional financial services/ products
- Technological enablers of Fintech (e.g. Internet of Things, Smartwatches)
- FinTech and core banking systems
- Network effects of FinTech solutions
- Transformation of existing value chains
- Future role of incumbents (e.g. banks, insurance companies)
- New business models and developments of electronic exchanges 
- Key technologies that transform the financial value chain

Additional topic suggestions are welcome. All papers will be peer reviewed
and should conform to Electronic Markets' publication standards. Electronic
Markets is a SSCI-listed journal (IF: 1.404) and supports methodological and
theoretical pluralism, i.e. empirical or theoretical work, qualitative
research, design science, are all welcome. If you would like to discuss any
aspect of the special issue, please contact the guest editors.

Submission
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Submissions to Electronic Markets have an average of 6,500 words and must be
original, not published or under review elsewhere. Electronic Markets
welcomes research papers (e.g. regular research, state-of-the-art, case
studies) as well as position papers and book reviews. Papers must be
submitted via the electronic submission system at http://elma.edmgr.com.
Instructions, templates and general information are available at
http://www.electronicmarkets.org/authors.

Important deadline
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* Submission Deadline: November 20, 2016

The CfP is also available on our website at
http://www.electronicmarkets.org/call-for-papers/single-view-for-cfp/datum/2
016/01/27/cfp-special-issue-on-fintech-and-the-transformation-of-the-financi
al-industry/

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Electronic Markets - The International Journal on Networked Business
Editors-in-Chief: Rainer Alt, Leipzig University and Hans-Dieter Zimmermann,
FHS St. Gallen, University of Applied Sciences, St. Gallen, Switzerland 
Executive Editor: Carsta Militzer-Horstmann, Leipzig University

Editorial Office:
Electronic Markets - The International Journal on Networked Business 
c/o Information Systems Institute, Leipzig University
04109 Leipzig, Germany
Phone +49 341 9733600
Fax +49 341 9733612
E-mail: editors at electronicmarkets.org
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Electronic Markets is a SSCI-listed academic journal (IF: 1.404) and
published quarterly by Springer. ISSN: 1019-6781 (Paper) 1422-8890 (Online).